hawa

See also: Hawa

Afar

Etymology

From Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air, atmosphere”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haˈwa/, [hʌˈwʌ]
• Hyphenation: ha‧wa

Noun

hawá f 

1. climate

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 74

Cebuano

Verb

hawà

1. to leave

Garo

Etymology

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Pronoun

hawa

1. (distal) that one (far), way over there

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhawa]
• Rhymes: -wa, -a
• Hyphenation: ha‧wa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay hawa, from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air, atmosphere”).

Noun

hawa (first-person possessive hawaku, second-person possessive hawamu, third-person possessive hawanya)

1. atmosphere, air.
   1. the gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
   2. the air in a particular place.

   Synonyms: atmosfer, udara

2. climate

   Synonym: iklim

Affixed terms

• berhawa
• hawa daba
• menghawa
• menghawakan
• penghawaan

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay hawa, from Arabic هَوَى (hawā, “love, desire, passion”).

Noun

hawa (first-person possessive hawaku, second-person possessive hawamu, third-person possessive hawanya)

1. desire.

   Synonyms: keinginan, nafsu

Affixed terms

• hawa nafsu

 

Etymology 3

From Arabic حَوَّاء (ḥawwāʔ, “Eve”), from Hebrew חוה (ḥawwâ).

Noun

hawa (first-person possessive hawaku, second-person possessive hawamu, third-person possessive hawanya)

1. (colloquial) female.

   Synonym: perempuan

Alternative forms

• Hawa

Further reading

• “hawa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

hawa

1. Romanization of ꦲꦮ

Malay

Etymology 1

From Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air, atmosphere”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hawa/
• Rhymes: -awa, -wa, -a
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [häwə]

Noun

hawa (informal 1st possessive hawaku, 2nd possessive hawamu, 3rd possessive hawanya)

1. atmosphere, air.
   1. the gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
   2. the air in a particular place.

   Synonyms: atmosfera, udara

2. climate

   Synonym: iklim

Descendants

• → Javanese: ꦲꦮ (awa)

Affixed terms

• berhawa
• menghawa
• menghawakan
• penghawaan

 

Etymology 2

From Arabic هَوَى (hawā, “love, desire, passion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hawa/
• Rhymes: -awa, -wa, -a
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [häwə]

Noun

hawa (informal 1st possessive hawaku, 2nd possessive hawamu, 3rd possessive hawanya)

1. desire.

   Synonyms: keinginan, nafsu

Descendants

• → Balinese: ᬳᬯ (hawa)
• → Madurese: ꦲꦮ (hḁwḁ)

Further reading

• “hawa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic هَوَى (hawā, “love, desire, passion”).

Noun

hawa (n class, plural hawa)

1. longing, desire

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

hawa

1. Wa class inflected form of hii.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• haua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhawa/, [ˈha.wɐ]

• IPA^(key): /ˈhawaʔ/, [ˈha.wɐʔ] (nonstandard)
• Hyphenation: ha‧wa

Noun

hawa or hawà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜏ)

1. transmission of a disease

   Synonyms: lalin, pagkalalin

2. contagion; disease spread by contact

   Synonym: impeksiyon

3. stain or discoloration by a foreign substance

   Synonyms: mantsa, lalin

4. person related by marriage

Derived terms

• hawa-hawa
• hawaan
• hawahan
• mahawa
• mahawaan
• mahawahan
• makahawa
• makapanghawa
• manghawa
• nakahahawa
• pagkahawa
• pagkahawa

 

Adjective

hawa or hawà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜏ)

1. caused by contact, contamination, or infection (of a disease)
2. caused by a foreign matter (of a stain or discoloration)
3. related to one's family by marriage

Further reading

• “hawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian هوا (havâ) or Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ).

Noun

hawa (Cyrillic spelling һава)

1. air, heaven, sky

Declension

declension of hawa

	singular	plural
nominative	hawa	hawa
genitive	hawa	hawa
dative	hawa	hawa
accusative	hawa	hawa
locative	hawa	hawa
ablative	hawa	hawa

Further reading

• Tatarstan klimatı on the Tatar Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tt